A chase through four North Texas counties Thursday morning started with a text to 911, but the ability to reach emergency dispatchers varies in cities across North Texas.
Arlington police said Hunt County Sheriff’s deputies received a 911 text from a 33-year-old woman who said she was inside the RV and had been shot.
It started simply with the text "Help."
She responded that she was on I-30 westbound in an RV, she was able to relay that she was shot three times. When the dispatcher sought clarification of a typo, the woman responded "kidnap us."
While the Hunt County Sheriff's Office can receive calls for help via text, not all North Texas counties or cities can. NBC 5 compiled this list of counties and cities that do have the ability to accept 911 texts:
Dallas County:
- Balch Springs Police Department
- Cockrell Hill Police Department
- Sachse Police Department
- Seagoville Police Department
- Wilmer Police Department
Tarrant County:
- None
Collin County:
- Collin County Sheriff's Office
- Frisco Police Department
- Prosper Police Department
Rockwall County:
- Rockwall Police Department
- Rockwall Sheriff's Office
Denton County:
- Carrollton Police Department
- Denton Police Department
- Denton County Sheriff's Office
- Flower Mound Police Department
- Highland Village Police Department
- Lake Dallas Police Department
- Lewisville Police Department
- Roanoke Police Department
- Texas Woman's University Dept of Public Safety
- The Colony Police Department
- Trophy Club Police Department
- University of North Texas Police Department
Hunt County:
- Greenville Police Department
- Hunt County Sheriff's Office
Wise County:
- Wise County Sheriff's Office
Johnson County:
- Johnson County ESD
- Johnson County Sheriff's Office
Erath County:
- Dublin Police Department
- Erath County Sheriff's Office
- Stephenville Police Department
Parker County:
- Parker County Sheriff's Office
- Springtown Police Department
- Weatherford Police Department
Ellis County:
- Ellis County Sheriff's Office
- Ennis Police Department
- Red Oak Police Department
Somervell County:
- Somervell County Sheriff's Office
Navarro County:
- Navarro County Sheriff's Office
Palo Pinto County:
- Palo Pinto Sheriff's Office
